The Planning Commission on Wednesday recommended the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity be allowed to divide its land to build more homes.

The Los Banos City Council will make the final decision in upcoming weeks.

Habitat Westside has requested a zoning change and parcel split of land at 537, 543 and 547 M Street. If approved, the change would allow Habitat officials to build four homes on the property rather than three.

“When they first came to us, we kind of talked about different ideas of what we could do,” said Assistant Planner Stacy Elms. “This was our creative solution. The idea was to have more home ownership out of this whole process.”Read More